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A TTORNE YS Patented May 13, 1924.,

UNITED STATEYIS' 1,4942 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ROSENBLUM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGN'OR TO 'KRISCHERS MANU- FACTUBING (30., INC., 0]? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed July 10,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROSENBLUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Belt Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices, and has particular reference to a belt buckle.

An object ofthe invention is to provide an improved belt buckle of simple and practical construction, which will permit of i a belt being readily adjusted about the waist of a wearer, and which will effectively retain said belt in its adjusted positions.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates ad preferred embodiment of the inventive 1 ea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of the belt buckle constructed in accordance with the invention; I

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the buckle; and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the clamping mechanism forming a part of the buckle.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 5 indicates the body of the buckle, which may be of the usual construction having the inturned guide flanges 6 at one end and the oppositely disposed extensions 7 at the other end thereof.

The structure cooperating with the body 5 includes a plate 8 bent laterally, as indicated at 9, to offset the ends of the plate with respect to each other. The end 10 of the plate is provided with the lateral extensions or ears 11 having laterally disposed openings 12 therein for receiving lugs 13 formed upon the ends of a fastener 14:, which is thus pivotally mounted between the ears and which is utilized to secure one end of a belt to the end 10 of the plate, as indicated in Figure 2.

The end 15 of the plate 8 is provided along its side edges with extensions or 1923. Serial No. 650,675.

ears 16 which project in theopposite direction from the extensions 11. The free edge of each of the extensions 16 has formed integrally therewith a pair of lugs 17 and 18 arranged contiguous to each other and ex tending in opposite directions, the first mentioned lugs projecting inwardly, while the lugs 18 project outwardly from the extension. The lugs 18 of the extensions 16 provide a pivotal mounting for the plate 8 and project into openings 19 formed in the extensions 7 of the body 5. The lugs 17 form a pivot for the gripping element 20 which has its gripping surface rounded and corrugated, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4, so as to effectively grip the belt when the same is in operative position. In order that the corrugated face of the gripping element 20 will be presented to the surface of the belt to be engagedwhen the gripping element is in its operative position and in order to limit the movement of said gripping element in one direction to maintain the same in such position, the end 15 of the plate 8 is provided along its transverse edge with a laterally ex tending flange 21, which is so arranged with relation to the gripping element that after the belt has been drawn to its adjusted position and the buckle released the pivotal movement of the gripping element in a counterclockwise direction, as shown in Figure 2, will be limited by engagement with the free edge of the flange 21. In this manner the gripping element will be prevented from being rocked to such an angle with respect to the plate 8 that only a very small portion, if any, of the corrugated face of said element would be presented to the belt. To aid in securely engaging the gripping element with a belt, said element is eccentrically mounted on the lugs 17, as clearly shown in Figure 2, so that as said element is rocked as above described the edges of the ends of said element will engage the inner surface of the end 15 of the plate 8 and thus produce a cam action which will force the gripping surface of the element 20 into engagement with the belt. The openings in the element 20 which receive the lugs 17 are made considerably larger than said lugs so that the element 20 will be loosely mounted thus permitting of a lateral movement thereof with respect to the plate 8 in order to accommodate belts of dilferent thickness between the body 5 and the element 20.

From the "foregoing description it willbe apparent that the plate 8 may be stamped from a single piece of suitable material in such manner that the same may be conveniently connected to the body of the buckle and at the same time form an effective mounting for the gripping element and fastening device 14.

What is claimed is:

1. In a belt buckle, a body, a plate formed at one end with oppositely disposed extensions, the free edge of each of Which is provided with laterally extending lugs projecting in opposite directions, certain of said lugs being cngageable With said body to pivotally connect the same to said plate, and a gripping element pivotally mounted on the other lugs and operable to clamp a belt between the same and said body.

2. In a belt buckle, a body, a plate formed at one end with oppositely disposed extensions, the free edge of each of which is provided With laterally extending lugs projecting in opposite directions, certain of said lugs being engageable with said body to pivotally connect the same to said plate, said plate being also formed along its transverse edge contiguous to said extensions with a laterally projecting flange, and a gripping element pivotally mounted on the other lugs to clamp a belt between said element and said body, the pivotal movement of said gripping element in one direction being limited by said flange, whereby a major portion of the gripping surface of said element will be presented to said belt.

3. In a belt buckle, a body a plate formed at one end With oppositely disposed extensions, the free edge of each of which is provided With laterally extending lugs projecting in opposite directions, certain of said lugs being engageable With said body to pivotally connect the same to said plate, and a gripping element pivotally and eccentr1- cally mounted on the other lugs, and having portions engageable with said plate when said element is moved about its pivot to clamp a belt between said element and said body.

CHARLES ROSENBLUM. 

